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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Daisy correspond with Winterbourne?

2. What is the irony of the Americans disapproving of the outsiders?

3. What comment of Winterbourne's does Daisy find disagreeable?

4. What gossip does Winterbourne agree that Daisy is doing by her behavior?

5. How does Daisy's letter to Winterbourne reveal her real feelings about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Daisy turn the tables on Winterbourne when he warns her about Giovanelli?

2. How does Winterbourne respond to Mrs. Walker's request that he stop seeing Daisy?

3. How does the news about Daisy alter Winterbourne's plans after he arrives in Rome?

4. Describe the point at which Daisy and Winterbourne come into conflict.

5. How does Winterbourne's attempt at a joke turn out badly?

6. How does Winterbourne lecture Daisy at the Palace of the Caesars?

7. At Mrs. Walker's party, how does Winterbourne alter to stop Daisy's behavior?

8. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

9. Seeing Daisy with Giovanelli, how does he feel about her flirtation?

10. How does Mrs. Walker's snubbing of Daisy affect her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the growth and change in America after the Civil War (1861-1865) which saw people like the Millers become quite wealthy through industry and become world travelers. Your essay should discuss the American spirit and the American dream that influenced its growth and development.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay comparing Daisy to the Cindy Lauper song, Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In your essay show how Henry James' Daisy Miller foreshadows a much less restrictive future for young American women.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay expressing your ideas about judging books by their covers. Daisy Miller suffers from being judged unfairly by prudes and snobs. Express you opinion about similar things happening today.

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